Equipment
Nike to release limited-run MM Proto Irons
Nike’s MM Proto Irons, which have had blade-lovers drooling since being spotted at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational this week, will be released to the public on August 4th as part of a limited run, Nike Golf announced on Wednesday through Twitter. Only 40 sets, at $1,500 each, will be available.
Nike’s MM Proto forged blade irons have been tested by Seung Yul Noh and Russell Henley, and according to an Instagram post from Thorbjorn Oleson, he put them straight in the bag for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, along with engineers at The Oven and Nike’s R&D team collaborated over the past few years to develop these prototypes, according to the company. Although they were designed specifically for tour use, Nike is allowing 40 golfers to put them in their bag.
Orders for a set (3-PW), which are available in right-handed only, can be placed on Nike.com starting on August 4th (10 a.m. EDT/7 a.m. PST) and the offer will end on August 6th at 4 p.m. (PST). Each of the sets will be laser-engraved with individual numbering and The Oven logo on the hosel.
To make each set even more unique, a plethora of custom options, including personalized stampings, will be offered. By placing an order, the reservation also includes a one-on-one concierge service with a Nike club expert to ensure the club is made to the buyers’ preferences. Pictured below is the spec sheet of options.
Click here to see what GolfWRX members are saying about in-hand photos of the MM Proto Irons.
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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JillianKnox
Aug 9, 2014 at 3:58 pm
They do this for money. It’s nike. They’re probably going g to do it for rory mcilroy putter the method 003. The putter doesn’t sell they may run it at 500 and say there’s limited amounts and really there’s a lot of them. But it while you can.
brian
Aug 4, 2014 at 10:16 am
It’s up… https://callme.nike.com/golf/
Jeff Trigger
Aug 4, 2014 at 10:12 am
Normally speaking, I’d be here to tell you how much Nike sucks. I have to admit, these are good looking irons. It also speaks volumes for technology, because they look pretty forgiving for blades, while the sole grind looks to allow for closed and open faces allowing for shotmaking. Would I spend $1,500 for clubs that will probably be available for 600 less in the spring, I don’t know.
brian
Aug 4, 2014 at 10:04 am
Looks like somebody slept in this morning…they’re late opening up the ordering.
Cold
Aug 4, 2014 at 10:14 am
I know, whats up! Lets get this going!
Cold
Aug 4, 2014 at 10:16 am
open!
Teekman
Aug 1, 2014 at 6:03 pm
Honestly if you get the custom options, you really are only paying a $200 premium which in my opinion is worth it, because since they are being made at The Oven you are sure to get the exact specs you wanted.
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Stuart
Aug 1, 2014 at 7:36 am
Can’t wait for nike to take Australia seriously and offer fitting but until they do mizuno it is
Neil
Jul 31, 2014 at 6:20 pm
All nike iron suck.i would not spend 1500 crap like these
Brick
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:22 pm
If you’re going to make these kind of comments, please do so with an appropriate grammatical approach to the English language so that the engineers at The Oven can make sense of it all….
Mae be yuh dezine betta ilon?!
bradford
Aug 1, 2014 at 9:40 am
I’m guessing you don’t have it to spend anyway, just a guess.
Nathan
Jul 31, 2014 at 5:21 pm
Are you kidding, 40 sets!!
How many of those are going to make it to australia??
Good on ya NIKE. Try 40,000 sets.
Disappointing . Everything else you make will be second rate compared to these irons, and that is definately not for me!!!!!!!!!!!
Now time to look elsewhere
Billy
Aug 3, 2014 at 5:09 am
These are made at the oven, Probably less than 20 people make clubs there.
Stop crying, Australia guy. These will come out in the Fall. Probably get to Australia sometime in 2017.
gogo
Jul 31, 2014 at 2:58 pm
1500 is a steal assuming I could sell them to some rich hack for double that on BST. These are too special to put into play.
cliff
Jul 31, 2014 at 3:22 pm
I don’t understand, what is so special about them?
Progolfer
Aug 1, 2014 at 8:05 pm
Haha totally agree cliff!!
Christosterone
Aug 4, 2014 at 4:30 pm
Its all about the process.
These are made in the tour department(oven) as well as having tour shafts with tour specs…
The tolerances on anything that is actual tour equipment are exacting.
And the build quality is exceptional.
cliff
Aug 5, 2014 at 10:26 am
I don’t buy it! You can keep them.
Andrew
Jul 31, 2014 at 2:22 pm
Something tells me that more than 90% of the people who buy these clubs probably aren’t good enough to use them.
Pazinboise
Jul 31, 2014 at 2:40 pm
That could be said about a lot of clubs…
Toddash
Jul 31, 2014 at 2:06 pm
That really sucks. I have $1,500 ready to drop on these bad boys if they offered a lefty set.
Andy B
Jul 31, 2014 at 1:54 pm
These will definitely be the next blade like release from Nike. Their current VR pro blades are now only $599 on Nike.com for 3-PW. This is just a chance to get a limited edition run of clubs actually made and designed in The Oven. They will release the exact same clubs or with minor graphics changes this fall or early winter. The only think I am interested in is seeing if Rory switches to whole set, AND IF Tiger will switch. I have a hard time thinking tiger uses anything different from his current style iron for the rest of his career, but you never know.
Chaff
Aug 3, 2014 at 1:18 pm
Yeah but it would be really cool to have a hand made set from the same guys who craft Tiger’s and Rory’s clubs.
ng
Jul 31, 2014 at 1:23 pm
golf is definitely getting cheaper.
cliff
Jul 31, 2014 at 11:46 am
Not a fan of the design. Think they are kind of ugly.
L
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:45 am
Everybody’s learning from the Japanese market, how it always only has a couple thousand units of the specials and thus the high price. Not bad for $1500 for a limited run. And only 40 of them! Great idea, Nike. I commend you on it.
bradford
Aug 1, 2014 at 9:44 am
This is just vintage Nike “Limited Edition” frenzy marketing. These exact clubs will be on sale to the public later this year for $999, just without the unique ID numbering. I don’t have a problem with it…people collect stuff–good for them. I’ll wait and try them out a few times and buy them at retail.
Teekman
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:19 am
Guess it’s time for me to get on the class fields and get selling!
Kyle
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:16 am
No thanks nike. We want the putter, not some irons you’ll release in 2 months anyways
Clemson Sucks
Jul 31, 2014 at 11:00 am
This!
steve
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:02 am
I bet this makes their retail lineup, just a way to make some hype and bring the price up
paul
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:02 am
Pretty cool looking clubs. $1500 for something that hangs on a wall is a bit much…
steve
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:04 am
If you get them for $1500 they go in ebay for $3000 right away.
brian
Jul 31, 2014 at 11:27 am
This may fetch $4k by the end of the auction. $500 per club is INSANE, but someone will pay it.
MHendon
Jul 31, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Yeah wish I had about 6 grand to blow, I’d buy four sets and make a killing on ebay.
Nigel
Jul 31, 2014 at 9:38 am
Dangerous game you’re playing here Nike…a limited run of beautiful irons. Look so nice that it may be tough to game them!! Sorry if I missed it, but any word on price?
Paul
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:28 am
It’s in the last line of the first paragraph…
Nigel
Jul 31, 2014 at 11:16 am
Well don’t I feel dumb. Thanks.
jedidiah
Jul 31, 2014 at 1:19 pm
you should feel dumb babe
bradford
Aug 1, 2014 at 12:42 pm
Get a room.
jedidiah
Aug 1, 2014 at 2:27 pm
join us bradford 😉